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Committee looks at FSA
Parliament's Treasury Committee is to undertake a short inquiry into the scope of Financial Services...
Brit appoints director
Brit Insurance has announced the appointment of Simon Cooter to the newly created position of distri...
Appointment at Illium
Illium has appointed Chris Ashmead as regional underwriter, based in Bridgend. Mr Ashmead joins from...
FOS debate to go ahead
Jonathan Davies, partner at Reynolds Porter Chamberlain, and David Thomas, corporate director and pr...
Appointment at Jelf
Jelf has appointed Andrew Woolnough as distribution manager of flexible benefits, responsible for ma...
McIntyre: results prove RSA has changed for the better
Royal and Sun Alliance's Q3 results saw pre-tax profits rise by 40% to £590m between January and Sep...
Penny Black's insurance week
Zurich's reorganisation could lead to interesting discussions with broking consolidator Towergate (s...
Yorkshire firm joins Willis
Willis Commercial Network has recruited Yorkshire broker the Gauntlet Group. Established in 1994, th...
Appointment at Pricewaterhouse Coopers
Pricewaterhouse Coopers has made Ian Dilks global head of its insurance group. Based in London, Mr D...
What the papers said this week
The Guardian Royal Bank of Scotland has expanded its joint venture with Bank of China to includ...
Zurich shake-up sees broker boss depart
Zurich's personal lines broker boss is the highest profile casualty so far in a management restructu...
Reform papers' date revealed
The Law Commission will reveal the second of its issues papers into insurance contract law reform at...
Allianz says wait is over on rate hikes
Allianz Cornhill's chief executive has confirmed that the insurer will follow Norwich Union's lead a...
Science bigwigs reject compulsory insurance
Compulsory or minimum levels of insurance cover for clinical trials are not set to be among recommen...
TAG directors up for trial
The trial of three former directors of failed personal injury firm The Accident Group has been sched...
AMII vote changes
The Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries is to allow appointed representatives to become ...
Appointment at CJ Coleman
Ben Coleman has joined CJ Coleman from Arthur J Gallagher. Mr Coleman has 15 years' experience in th...
Appointment at RK Harrison
RK Harrison has appointed Marcus Turner divisional director of the North American property division....
Aon cuts its annual pension bill by £14.5m
Broker Aon's decision to axe its remaining defined benefit pension schemes will affect a third of it...
Appointment at Health and Case Management
Health and Case Management has made Gavin Davies sales and marketing director. ...
Guy carp hires surety specialist
Guy Carpenter has announced the appointment of Ken Farricker as Senior Vice President in its Global Surety Specialty Practice.
Queen's speech: industry reaction
The Association of British Insurers has welcomed the government's plans to reduce carbon emissions, following today's Queen’s Speech outlining the government's programme.
Scottish Re downgraded again as December crunch deadline looms
Standard & Poors has lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on troubled life reinsurer Scottish Re's operating companies to 'B+' from 'BBB-.
Cover and Post journalists scoop health awards
Johanna Gorntizki, editor of Cover Magazine scooped the best trade journalist award in the financial healthcare category at the Medical Journalism Awards held in London last night. Stephanie Denton, supplement editor of Post Magazine, also scooped the…